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Housing Cost Burden by Income Group

Renter households spending more than 30% of their income on housing costs and utilities are cost burdened; those spending more than half of their income are severely cost burdened.

Affordable and Available Homes per 100 Renter Households

All Gap Data for Virginia

Virginia Richmond, VA Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Extremely Low Income Households and Available Rentals
Extremely Low Income Renter Households 241,874 42,817 50,311 186,194
Affordable and Available Rental Homes 93,154 15,555 17,623 59,379
Surplus (Deficit) of Affordable and Available Rental Units
At or below EXTREMELY LOW INCOME -148,720 -27,262 -32,688 -126,815
At or below 50% AMI -149,300 -26,348 -35,750 -147,023
Affordable and Available Rental Units per 100 Households at or below Threshold
At or below Extremely Low Income 39 36 35 32
At or below 50% AMI 63 64 60 52
At or below 80% AMI 102 106 99 99
At or below 100% AMI 106 107 107 105
% of Renter Households with Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 85% 86% 85% 85%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 78% 78% 82% 81%
51% to 80% AMI 44% 43% 54% 44%
81 to 100% AMI 15% 13% 22% 16%
% of Renter Households with Severe Cost Burden
At Extremely Low Income 71% 74% 72% 73%
Extremely Low Income to 50% AMI 29% 29% 36% 28%
51% to 80% AMI 4% 2% 6% 3%
81 to 100% AMI 0% 0% 1% 0%
AMI = Area Median Income.
Source: American Community Survey (ACS) and ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). For more information on the estimates’ margin of error, please contact [email protected].